Flying toy.



Patented Feb. H, I902. L. B. MATTESON & M. P. MGARTHUB.

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(Application filed July 22, 1901.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LYNN B. MATTESON AND MARSHALL P. MCARTHUR, OF ORIPPLECREEK,

OOLORADO, ASSIGNORS TO THE BUTTERFLY MANUFACTURING COM- PANY, OF CRIPPLECREEK, COLORADO.

FLYING TOY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 693,327, dated February 1 1, 1902.

Application filed July 22, 1901- To ctZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, LYNN B. MATTESON and MARSHALL P. MCARTHUR, citizens of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Cripplecreek, in the county of Teller and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flying Toys; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in flying toys; and it consists of the features hereinafter described and claimed, all of which will be fully understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which is illustrated an embodiment thereof.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of our improved device, showing the manner of its operation. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the wings, being in reality the blank piece of inetal from which the'wings are made. The metal is shown perfectly flat in this View. Fig. 3 is a perspective view in detail of the ferrule, which is adapted to receive the upper extremity of the operating-stem. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the device or a view taken at right angles to Fig. 1.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the views.

Let the numeral 5 designate each of two wings which are oppositely inclined to cause the device to rise when rotated in the proper direction. These wings are preferably formed from an integral piece of thin metal, as aluminium, the central part 5 between the wings being provided with flanges 5", adapted to be bent down upon the projections 6, extending in opposite directions from the top of a split or slotted ferrule 6, adapted to receive the upper extremity of a stem 7, which The slot formed in the ferrule gives it a certain degree of yielding capacity, whereby it may be made to grasp the stem firmly. The thin metal blades possess important advantages over wood in the construction of a device of this class. By

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applying a metal ferrule to the central part of the device the necessity of making the de vice thicker at the center to give a bearing for the handle or stem is avoided. The blades or wings increase in width from the center outwardly, thus making them heaviest and giving the'greatest lifting surface at their outer extremities, whereby the best results from a toy of this class are obtained. It is evident that the thin metal blades constructed as aforesaid will operate in the atmosphere much better than the Wooden blades ordinarily employed in devices of this character.

The manner of using the toy is illustrated in Fig. 1. In other words, the handle or stem is placed in a vertical position between the two hands of the user. As the hands are moved in opposite directions a sufficient rotary motion is'imparted to the device to cause it to rise in the atmosphere as it is released, the height of its ascent depending upon the initial force imparted by the user.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is- 1. In a flying toy the combination of two metal wings suitably inclined and connected by a narrow central part having flanges, and a ferrule provided with projections which are grasped by the flanges whereby the ferrule is securely connected with the wings, and a stem having one extremity inserted in the ferrule, the arrangement being such that as the stem is rotated in the proper direction, the toy will rise in the atmosphere.

2. In a flying toy, the combination of a pair of wings stamped from an integral piece of metal and oppositely inclined for the purpose 

